Inspiron 15R for the Wife. How did I do?

[Ertaz]

Her old Toshiba is dead. Scouring the net for a couple of days, I find this on the Dell Outlet site with a coupon from SD:

Inspiron 15R - N5010 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Inspiron 15R - N5010
Service Software
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD550v, 64-Bit, DDR3
9 Cell Battery, Primary
8X DVD +/- RW Drive
Mars Black
Dell Support Center 64 Bit 2.0
Operating System DVD
Operating System DVD
Keyboard
Processor Label
4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
Dell Wireless 1501 802.11b/g/n Half Mini Card
Software
Service Software
Dell Support 2.0 Software
64BIT Operating System
Information
Software
125V Power Cord
No Media Selected
320 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
Processor: Intel Core i3-330M Processor (2.13GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache)
15.6 inch HD WLED
90W AC Adapter
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Roxio Software CD
Image Restore Software
Service Software

Get 15% Off Any Dell Outlet Home Laptop with this coupon! - $71.85

Insp 15R: 1 Yr Limited Hardware Warranty, Mail-in Service (Included In Price) $0.00 1 $0.00
Subtotal: $407.15
Shipping and Handling: $19.99
Shipping Discount: -$19.99
Sales Tax: $24.43
Total Amount: $431.58


I thought an i3 with 4gb and discrete graphics for $432.00 wasn't bad. The HD is terrible, but I have a Corsair F120 will probably throw in there to see how it does with that chipset. Only rules for this one are no children allowed near it. Gatorade killed the last one.

 

[mnewsham]

You came out fairly well there, good job.

 

[Ertaz]

It should be here tomorrow. I'm pretty excited.

 

[Tom]

I bought a couple of similar 15r's and I'm very pleased with them. The Radeon 550v is quite capable for all the games I've tried including Civ 5, Crysis, Bioshock. One has the 9 cell battery and it's good for a solid 4 hours plus.

Mine were refurbs and in great condition. One keyboard was bowed a little but they sent me a new replacement for free. I've had good experiences with Dell support over the years.

 

[techs]

I've ordered about 10 similiar models for customers and they seem pretty good.
For some reason they feel solid and durable. My customers noticed that too.

btw if you are running 64bit and have trouble opening some control panel items like Power Options you need to download the c++ update from Microsoft.

It was needed on almost every one of the 15r's I have seen so far.

 

[Ertaz]

I've ordered about 10 similiar models for customers and they seem pretty good.
For some reason they feel solid and durable. My customers noticed that too.

btw if you are running 64bit and have trouble opening some control panel items like Power Options you need to download the c++ update from Microsoft.

It was needed on almost every one of the 15r's I have seen so far.

Thanks for the heads up!